Uttar Pradesh govt orders judicial probe into Mathura violence

The Uttar Pradesh government ordered a judicial probe into the recent Mathura violence hours after the Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the incident.

indiaUpdated: Jun 07, 2016 17:50 IST

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the violence at Mathura in which 29 people, including two police officers, were killed.(PTI Photo)

The Uttar Pradesh government ordered a judicial probe into the recent Mathura violence hours after the Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the incident.

Retired Allahabad high court judge Imtiyaz Murtaza will conduct the inquiry, an official spokesperson said.

The apex court’s vacation bench saidit was up to the Uttar Pradesh government to approach the Centre for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the violence that killed 29 people, including two police officers, while members of Swadheen Bharat Vidhik Satyagrahi were being evicted from a public park.

Lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, who is also a spokesperson for the BJP’s Delhi unit, had moved the plea.